October Festival at Church

We all had so much fun at Church tonight!!! Everyone looked so cute in their costumes. Well, I wouldn't call Michael cute in his costume but he sure did look the part.

Leah's Baptism!!!

I have great news to share!!

Leah made a decision to be baptised this past Friday!!

We had so many wonderful friends come over to celebrate with us....Thank you!!!!

Leah wanted to share before her baptism Ephesians 2:1-2 and 8-9. As a family I want to thank everyone for praying and a huge thanks to Megan and Josh Holt,Jan Smith, Courtney Turner and all the teen girls for being their for Leah.

Raybon's First Day of Hearing!!!

Well, Tuesday was an amazing Day!!! It is so hard to put into words the emotions that flooded over me. In late June we went for the first time to an Audiologist and sat in the hearing booth with no response to sound. It was so sad to see that he couldn't hear and didn't respond to any sounds. We then had scheduled a ABR under sedation. The results showed that he was not Profoundly deaf but moderate in left ear and moderate to severe in right ear!! These results were so encouraging because we knew that hearing aids would be a possiblity. We were not against the Cochlear Implants but prayed that the hearing aids would work. So, on Tuesday August 11th we went into the new Audiologist office that specialized in hearing aids for children and put in his aids. Our next step was into the hearing booth to see if he would respond to sound. Oh my goodness when the sounds started to come and he turned at every sound!!! I felt chills on my arms and tears in my eyes. God is so good!!!!

His hearing is like a newborn baby hearing for the first time so he hears the sounds but doesn't know what to do with it. He is having speech therapy and will attend Atlanta School for the Deaf in November. They will bascially continue his signing and teach him to speak.

I'll keep posted with the updates.

First Day of School!!!!

Some more photos of everyone's first day of school.

First Day of School for everyone!!! Our home was filled with excitement this morning!! Everyone was up way way early to start the day. I can't believe Summer is over!!!

We are home!!

We made it home finally!! We flew out of China on Wednesday and should of been home on Thursday but we missed our connecting flight in Korea!! We then had to stay the rest of the day and night to catch the flight Friday. We had no luggage because that was on the flight to Atlanta. We took showers but had to put on the same two day old dirty clothes.We were exhaused but we are all doing great.

A huge thankyou to Dale and Fred for picking us up last minute from the airport!! Thank you Grandma and Grandpa for taking such good care of Leah. Thank you Michelle for loving Abigail like your daughter. She had a wonderful time and loved being a part of your family!! Thank you Brandon for taking great care of the animals and home while we were gone. I feel so blessed to have such a wonderful group and friends and family!!! We couldn't of done it without you!!

We love each and every one of you!!!!

On the Way Home

This is post is from Sharon...

I received a call from Cathy Tuesday night @ 11:00 which was Wednesday morning China time. She said their computer had crashed so she couldn't email any more posts. Wednesday was their consulate appt. and Thursday they began the journey home. They should be back in the US sometime today. I know everyone will agree that we wish them the very best homecoming and new beginning of their lives.

Blessings,
Sharon